August 1, 2011

Week In The Life 2011 | Sunday Words + Photos

Week in the Life™

NUMBER OF PHOTOS FOR SUNDAY | 63

I love Sundays.

Sundays are for hanging out.

Sundays are for taking a little extra time over that hot cup of coffee.

Sundays are for stocking up.

Sundays are for organizing.

Sundays are for giving thanks.

Sundays are for choose-your-own-lunches.

This Sunday included documentation.

Sundays are for quiet times in the afternoon for reading or working in a work book or maybe taking a nap.

Sundays are for long bike rides.

Sundays are for swimming.

Sundays are for taking care of things.

Sundays are for family.

As Sunday night comes to a close around here I'm feeling calm.

I'm ready to be released from the constant thinking about documentation and get back into my regular flow of photos and words.

Obviously, I love this project but by the end I'm ready to wrap it up.

I'm thankful for this project. There are so many things that are the same and so many things that are so very different from year to year. Reflecting on that and seeing the passage of time is always something I enjoy and look forward to from year to year.

I hope you had fun this past week. I hope you didn't make it too complicated. I hope you learned something about yourself. I hope you saw something special and found something to celebrate in your everyday.

SHARE YOUR SUNDAY HERE

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I'm looking forward to this week of bringing it all together.

The process of gathering your content is one thing. You're busy living and busy trying to remember to use your camera and get it all written down.

The process of actually creating something with all those photos and words is where a lot of the magic happens. I always learn a few more things about myself as I go back through the photos and read back to myself the things I wrote down and see them all together in one place. There's something amazing about the compilation of those seven days - no matter how they went for you or your family. I so look forward to beginning this next phase of Week In The Life.

I'll be back in a couple days with more information about my process for taking the collected content and putting it all together in an album, including a video tutorial for working with the layered templates. And in case you missed it, here's my basic design plan & supplies for 2011.

If you're in a hurry or wanting more right now, check out my detailed posts from last year:

Bringing It All Together | The Photos

Bringing It All Together | The Words

Bringing It All Together | The Photos, Part Two

Bringing It All Together | The Completed Album

Again, thank you for embarking on this journey with me.

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Comments

64 comments

Aug 1, 2011 6:05am

I love this!

Here's my day 7 http://blog.mshanhun.com/2011/08/christmas-in-july-crafting-fun-day-7.html

Aug 1, 2011 6:09am

Hi Ali!
Here’s my Sunday!!

A Week in the Life - Sunday - Laura
http://estelunesempiezoladieta.blogspot.com/2011/08/un-semana-en-la-vida-domingo-week-in.html

Aug 1, 2011 6:10am

Love your photo! Here is my day 7: http://www.sockergrynet.se/?p=7630

Aug 1, 2011 6:13am

I love Sunday's too Ali and yours looks busy and filled with fun.

Thank you so much for this amazing project and the journey with you along the way. Today will feel nice to relax and not have the camera out as much. Looking forward to your album and to the others here as well. It was fun to read all the other blogs, stayed up way too late each night.

Aug 1, 2011 6:14am

I love Sunday's too Ali and yours looks busy and filled with fun.

Aug 1, 2011 6:18am

Hi Ali! Thank for this project! :)

Here is my last day:
http://danettscrap.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-in-life-7-nap.html

Aug 1, 2011 6:32am

Hi Ali!
I have a question, I hope I can help me.
To make the album a week in the life, I've bought covers from 8.5"x11". I'm European and I don't usually use inch sizes. When the covers arrived home,
I've seen are wider than an A4 sheet, I remember that last year you printed photos in Scrapbookpictures.com, I suppose that you printed 8.5"x11" and you're right in
cover, but if you do at home, how do you do for it fair? Can you print to 8.5"x11? I only can print to A4, and the collage is small for the covers, and I don't like the result,
how do you do at home? any ideas?
I don't know if I explained well, my English isn't very good, I hope I can help.

Thank you very much!

Laura.

Aug 1, 2011 3:23pm

Laura - Wikipedia has an illustration of how A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) compares with 8.5 x 11 (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm) at this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_size_illustration2_with_letter_and_legal.svg. Maybe that will help you. Good luck!

Aug 1, 2011 6:35am

Congrats on seeing this project to the end!

Here is my Sunday:

http://lifeonleeavenue.typepad.com/blog/2011/08/witl-2011-sunday-photo-words.html

Aug 1, 2011 6:38am

this was such a fun project. thanks for the inspiration Ali!

http://eekachinski.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-in-life-sunday.html

Aug 1, 2011 6:49am

Thank you so much for a great week, loved documenting & taking a lot of photos!

Aug 1, 2011 6:49am

It was my first time doing this project & I loved it. Love looking back at all the photos I have taken especially of things that I wouldn't normally capture. Can't wait to put it all together. :)

Look forward to doing it again in 2012!

Aug 1, 2011 6:49am

here is my sunday

http://momentstotreasure.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/week-in-the-life-sunday/

Aug 1, 2011 6:54am

Thankyou Ali for motivating me to do Week In The Life.
I enjoyed doing it...I actually missed it today (it is already Monday night here in Australia)
Looking forward to putting mine together now, and seeing your completed project too.

Aug 1, 2011 7:01am

Thanks a lot for sharing and inspiring me to join you in this project. I wasn't able to blog it all, guess I still need to work on that, but at least I did finish the project when I thought in the beginning that I wouldn't be able to do so.
I hope to be able to find some time to scrap this project this week and will be looking forward to your posts.

Aug 1, 2011 7:14am

Ali I truly enjoyed participating in the first half of the project and am just as excited about the second half. Thanks for sharing a peek inside your week and for allowing us to share ours with you.

I'm looking forward to seeing the finished projects.

Here is my Sunday http://erikabeckwith.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/week-in-the-life-sunday-photos-words/

Aug 1, 2011 7:17am

thanks for this project & motivation Ali. i don't know why i didn't do this when you first started it years ago.

here's my Sunday:
http://tctliebel.typepad.com/life_as_we_live_it/2011/07/witl-sunday-day-7.html

Aug 1, 2011 7:20am

I love my sundays! Relaxing with my family. Doing nothing. Wonderful.
This is my sunday. I must say that I didn't take a lot of pictures. I just enjoyed my sunday. LOL!!

Thanks Ali, for a great en very thankful project!! I loved it.

Sandra

Aug 1, 2011 7:41am

wew! That was great!

Here's my last day:
http://www.3peasinbrooklyn.com/archives/2970

Aug 1, 2011 7:52am

This project has been a blast!

Here is Sunday!
http://www.mjbloves.com/2011/08/week-in-life-sunday-73111.html

Aug 1, 2011 7:53am

I am so glad that I participated for the first time! What a great project! Thank you Ali and others for sharing your week.

Here is my Sunday:
http://www.1200somemiles.com/2011/07/week-in-life-sunday.html

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